Bag fastener and support



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Patented May 3, 1892.

Walton D. Sm ith WALTON DUANE SMITH, OF

PROPHETSTOWN, ILLINOIS.

BAG FASTEN ER AND SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 473,969, dated May 3,1892.

Application filed August 10, 1891.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTON DUANE SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Prophetstown, in the county of Whiteside and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Bag Fastener and Support, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to packing and storing vessels, and moreespecially to the closures of bags such as are of paper or similarmaterial; and the object of the same is to produce an improved closureand support for the bag and for its contents.

To this end the invention consists in the closure proper, the bail, andthe garment-supof this device, showing the mouth of a bag as closedthereby. Fig. 2 is aperspective detail of the parts of this closureseparated, the bag being omitted. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of aslightly-different form of this device with one of the clamps raised,showing the mouth of a bag as closed thereby and also showing the faceof the bag broken away to illustrate the manner of mounting a garment onthe support. Fig. 4. is an enlarged perspective detail of the parts ofthis closure in their open position. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspectivedetail of the garment-support removed from the bag.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter B designates a bag, which ispreferably of mothproof paper, although it may be of any flexi blematerial. When of moth proof paper, the bag is adapted to contain agarment, which may be stored away without danger of injury from moth orother insects or from dust. In this case strips S, preferably of paper,are formed into loop shape and inclose a rod R, a space being leftbetween the two strips at the center of the rod, or there being but asingle strip with an opening 0 at the center, as seen in Fig. 5. Thestrips are doubled upon themselves, and their ends are secured, as bypasting or riveting, within the body of the bag B, so that the rod Rshall stand horizontal. The garment G is mounted on a garmentholder H ofwell-known pattern, and

the hook it of the latter is passed through. the opening 0 and engagedover the rod. By this means the garment will be suspended entirelywithin the bag and need not be folded or doubled, so as to wrinkle it,as is usual in storing clothes away, and if the bag be tightly closed atits mouth and be suspended the garment may be taken out at any time andwill be found to be in good condition.

The means I employ for closing the mouth of the bag are described below;but it is to be understood that such closure does not necessitate theemployment of the bag as a garmentholder, because the bag can be used tocontain anything else desired without departing from the spirit of myinvention. Thus, for instance, my closure and bail can be sold inquantities to merchants, such as grocers, and whenever the latter sellan article it is put into a bag and one of my closures applied thereto,the latter serving to seal up the mouth of the bag and as a handle bywhich the purchaser can carry home his purchase.

The letter W designates a bar, preferably of wood and slightly longerthan the width of the bag. The upper end of the latter is turnedoverthisbar, as seen in Figs. 1 and 3,and springmetal clamps O are bornedownwardly onto the turned-over portion, so as to firmly clamp or claspthe bag onto the bar W, thereby effectually sealing the mouth of the bagagainst the entrance of dust or insects. The clamps are of U shape incross-section, and their outer ends 0' are preferably formed intotongues pivoted to the sides of the bar W, although, as shown in Figs. 1and 2, they may be entirely independent of the bar, if preferred. Whenapplied, the sides of their bodies yield outwardly slightly and theirspring force causes such sides to clamp tightly on the paper.

The handle by which this device may be supported or carried consistseither of a wire bail I), having its ends 6 turned in and pivoted in theends of the bar W, or it consists of vertical wires 1;, whose lower endsZ pass downwardly through the ends of the bar, extend inwardly along thelower edge thereof, and are turned upwardly, as at a, as seen in Fig. 2,and in the former case the body of the bail constitutes the handle,while in the latter case the upper ends of the vertical wires 1; are connected by a wooden rod 1', which constitutes the handle. The latterconstruction is preferable where the bag is to be carried in the hand ofthe operator; but the center of the Wire bail b may have an eye 1',whereby the device can be supported, as shown in Fig. 3. All thesemodifications of details are interchangeable; but I prefer Where theclamps C are pivoted to the bar W to have the ends of the bail alsopivoted to said bar for the reason that the latter must be turnedslightly under the bail before the clamps can be raised,

whereas in the other construction shown the clamps can be withdrawnbeneath the rod 7".

From the fact that the upper end of the bag passes completely over thebar W it will be seen that the weight of the contents of the bag willtend rather to pull the bag over the bar than to dislodge the clamps,and henceit will be found that these clamps will support whatever maybeput in thebags, provided they are of proper proportionate size.Obviously the material of which the bag is composed is not essential,provided that it is flexible and sufficiently thin to pass under theclamps, and obviously the closure could be used without a handle and thegarment-support could be used without confining ones self to either formof clamp or of handle.

The invention is further susceptible of many other changes in itsspecific details of construction without departing from the spiritthereof.

What is claimed as new is- 1. The herein-described clasp for bags andthe like, the same comprising a straight bar provided with a bail orhandle standing above the bar and a spring-clamp of inverted-U shape ateach end of the bar and adapted to tightly clasp the bag on the bar, asand for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with a bag of flexible material, of a bar over whichthe mouth of the bag is passed, the bar being longer than the width ofthe bag, and a spring-clamp of inverted-U-shaped cross-section adaptedto hold the bag on the bar, one end of the clamp having a notch formingtwo tongues passing astride the bar and pivoted to its sides, as and forthe purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with a bag of flexible material, of a bar over whichthe mouth of the bag is turned, the bar being longer than the width ofthe bag, spring-clamps removably holding the bag on the bar, and ahandle connected to and rising from the ends of the bar, as and for thepurpose set forth.

4. The combination, with a bag of flexible material, of a bar over whichthe mouth of the bag is turned, the bar being longer than the width ofthe bag, spring-clamps removably holding the bag on the bar, and a wirehandle having inturned ends pivoted to the ends of the bar, as and forthe purpose set forth.

5. The combination, with a bag of flexible material, of a bar over whichthe mouth of the bag is turned, the bar being longer than the width ofthe bag, spring-clamps of inverted- U-shaped cross-section adapted tohold the bag on the bar, the outer ends of the clamps having tonguespivoted tothe sides of the bar, and a wire handle having inturned endspivoted in the ends of the bar, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination, with a bag of flexible material and agarment-support, substantially as described, secured within said bag, ofa bar over which the mouth of the bag is passed and a spring-clampremovably holding the bag on the bar, as and for the purpose set forth.

7. The combination, with a bar and a garment-support, substantially asdescribed, secured within the same, of a closure for the mouth of thebag and a wire bail connected to said closure and having an eye, as andfor the purpose set forth.

8. The combination, with a bag, doubled strips standing at slightdistances apart and having both ends secured to one face of the bag, anda rod resting in their bends, of a closure for the mouth of the bag andasupporting-handle rising from the closure, as and for the purpose setforth.

9. The combination, with abag of flexible material, doubled stripsstanding at slight distances apart and having both ends secured to theinner face of the bag, and a rod resting in their bends, of a bar overwhich the mouth of the bag is passed, a spring-clamp removably holdingthe bag on the bar and closing its mouth, and means for supporting saidbar, as and for the purpose set forth.

10. The combination, with a bag, of a doubled strip of material havingits ends secured adjacent to the mouth of the bag and having an openingat the center of the fold, a rod supported in the fold of said strip,and a garment-holder connected to said rod, substantially as described.

11. The combination, with a bag and a garment-support secured within thesame, of a closure consisting of a bar, to which the top of the bag isapplied, clamps removably fitted over said applied end of the bag andthe bar, and means for suspending said closing devices, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

WVALTON DUANE SMITH.

Witnesses:

E. PORTER BROWN, J. Q. PADDOCK.

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